On Wednesday 17 June 2026 Birmingham Law School is delighted to host the first Conference of the new UK and Ireland Health Ethics and Law Association. 
If you are not speaking at the conference, please make sure to use your official institutional email address.

Please note if you are registering as an external PGR students there is no charge- but you must register to confirm attendance, and your PGR supervisor must email the Conference organisers at the Conference email address to confirm that you are a registered PGR student. 

The UK Animal Law Conference is the nation’s definitive meeting place for academics, lawyers, NGOs, and students working toward full protection for animals in the UK’s law and internationally. As such, the conference aims are:

Educating one another about the national and international legal landscape for animals, the latest research, and recent updates on law, policy, and education.
Network-building to create connections between academics, lawyers, NGOs, and students interested in animal law, and enhance the impact of work toward full protection for animals in law.
Collaborating to generate new ideas and share good practice toward better legal futures for animals.
The scope of the conference encompasses animal law, ethics, policy, and education. The conference spans the full range of animal law issues, also covering animal law’s interaction with environmental law, international trade law, and more.

The UK Animal Law Conference is the nation’s definitive meeting place for academics, lawyers, NGOs, and students working toward full protection for animals in the UK’s law and internationally. 

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